the israeli ambassador will be leaving egypt within a few hours. this attack in gaza is becoming an international event, which could threaten to make the region even more volatile. >> martin fletcher, thank you very much. maria. >> well, the attack having a major impact on the oil market today. we're watching prices move up. bertha coombs is here with that angle. over to you. what can you tell us? >> as those headlines cross, and in particular the headlines coming from israel that this was the beginning of a prolonged effort to combat hamas. that is what september oil spiking up 1% on a day when after poor retail sales, we really were seeing not much movement at all. traders are saying this definitely puts the geo political risk on the table as martin describes. the fact this could spread and cause more destabilization in the area. what they look for as well, this is not an oil producing area. this could spread. what it means if israel is willing to act so forcefully with regard to israel, perhaps, and iran. that is the big picture and what would r